Body-drying implement



March 18, 1930. F. H. LACH BODY DRYING IMPLEMENT Filed July 25, 1928 47w67Lt0/ all/(fill.

Patented Mar. 18, 1930 UNITED PATENT! o'FFrcE.

man]: H. LACH, on oH IcAeo, rnninofs BODY-DRYING IMPLEMENT Application filed July 25, 1928.

This invention relates to improvements in body driers, and more particularly to implements for removing water and moisture from the body, as for instance after bathing and in lieu of a towel.

The object of the invention is to provide a ible drying surfaces or edges of different contour, so that all portions of the body may be dried with equal facility.

A preferred form of the drying implement is disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which Y Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred form of the device.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view in elevation of the main portion of the device.

Figure 3 is a view in vertical section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of the device.

The implementcomprises in general a flat body portion 1 of a non-resilient material and a marginal portion 2 of a resilient material, such as rubber, the latter being divided into sections-four in numberpresenting edges of different contours. The body portion may be made of any suitable material such as a light metal (aluminumbeingpreferable), hard rubber, bakelite or other composition. As preferably made, the body portion resembles two thin plates with a space of say one-eighth'of an'inch separating them, ex-

- cept at theircentralportion where they are joined together by an integral section 1* of rectangular shape. Thus the edges'of the body member present deep slots from which project themarginal portions of the flexible material, a sheet'of rubber of say one-eighth of an inch in thickness being preferably used. The edges of the body portion and those of the flexible material have the same contour, eachedge varying in some degree from the others, for instance,two opposite edges 2*, 2

Serial noi 295,329; I, I will be concave but diflering in the amount of I concavity, whereas of the remaining, two edges one, 2 will be straight and the other 2 convex. In this manner a flexible edge or strip is provided for all of the various surface contours of the body. Moreover, by having the edges of the body'portion conform V to the contour of the adjacent edges of the resilient material, the width of the projectingstrip of flexible material is uniform throughout,-so that there is the s'am'jedegree of flexibility present along each edge as 'it is pressed against theparticular area of the body-being dried. The flexiblematerial or rubber sheet2 is ifirmly, held within theslots or spaces between the two side platesof the body portion, its central portion bein .cut

away to fit around the central core o fthfe body portion. If desired,-tthe body portion may be made in two parts or plates,j"the sheet 979 of rubber placed between, and rivets or other fastening members inserted through these layers of material. 7

The implement as thus designed is held in One hand and then the other, being held edgewise against the body and moved with a scraping motion over the wet skin with sufficient pressure to expel all of the moisture from the pores and recesses in the skin, the water accumulating ahead of the contacting edge and thence shaken off at the end of each drying stroke. The implement is turned in the hand as the drying proceeds, so that the proper edge is presented for the effective, drying of all surface contours.

In order that he implement-may reach 1 parts of the bodyotherwise unaccessible, an

. extension handle 3 is provided having a threaded end of reduced'diameter at one end,

whichscrews into a tappedhole or socket at the center of the implement body. This han- 7 dle may be of any desired length or adjustable as to length by making it in sections which fasten together end to end by screwthreaded connections or otherwise. I

As a modification ofthe implement,Figure 4 illustrates a type in which the same features are present, although the arrangement is somewhat different. The body .portion 4 in this instance is inthes'hape of a 9 having a difl'erenteentour conforming to thaitpf theedge portion in'whichit is held,

. The handlefi in-jthis instanceris attached at,

one end o f the body portion "and pr0jects' I axially'therefrom. l

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